Category Archives: WordPress

Having a photo in your blog post helps add context and color to your writing, when its shared on social media it more likely to be read and clicked when a photo is attached. But where and how do you find photos to add to your post? There are a… Read more »

WordPress 5.4 was released recently, I just upgraded this site today. I’m testing as much as I can, please leave a comment for any issues you run into. 5.4 brings some new features a few new block types, some privacy settings, and improvements for developers The interface for creating a… Read more »

This morning the site was upgrade to the latest wordpress and php. I haven’t seen any issues and I’m running through some basic functions of the site, but if you run into any issues leave a comment or a DM on twitter @benwaynet Thanks!

Upgraded the site to WordPress 5.1. Now the normal testing of post and comments to confirm everything is working 🙂 Please let me know in the comments if you experience any issues from the upgrade. Thanks! Here’s the official word about the latest version. https://wordpress.org/news/2019/02/betty/ Site Health With security and… Read more »

Had an issue with code getting injected in this site (which is why I moved hosts and started over with just a wordpress export/import of the post) At the same time I got locked out of my admin account. Because I was using a VPS I didn’t have a cpanel… Read more »

Jason BenwayFebruary 2, 2016February 2, 2016Comments Off on Upgrade to wordpress 4.4.2 now

An emergency security release of wordpress was just put out. It fixes a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability and an open redirection vulnerability. From wordpress team: The details of the two fixes according to the WordPress blog are: A cross site scripting vulnerability for “certain local URI’s” was resolved. This kind of… Read more »

One of the features of wordpress 4.4 was the ability to embed post, videos and music from other sites by just dropping the link into a post. I haven’t had the best luck with it so far. So today I’m going to find some links to test with. Ten… Read more »

Images add so much to a post and to the internet as a whole. Is anyone as old as me and your remember the “old” internet where websites where pretty much all text and you use the mosaic browser? Here’s a few plugins to help you find images for your… Read more »

My sites auto updated to wordpress 4.1.2 today without issue. Read the 4.1.2 change log below A serious critical cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could enable anonymous users to compromise a site. Files with invalid or unsafe names could be upload. Some plugins are vulnerable to an SQL injection attack. A very… Read more »

Source WordPress is certainly one of the most popular Content Management Systems and blogging platforms around. It’s almost endlessly customizable, user-friendly, and supported by a wide and diverse community of developers. There are a number of great WordPress tutorials out there – from ones on creating your own theme to… Read more »